Meat-cutter



I (No Model.)

J. H. E. SCHMIDT.

Meat Gutter.

No. 242,843. Patented June 14,1881.

I WITNESSES a INVENTOR r v 1 BY m 6 I ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHANN H. E. SCHMIDT, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

M EAT-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pa.tent No. 242,843, dated June 14:, 1881.

Application filed December 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN H. E. SCHMIDT, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Meat-Gutters, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to the mode of holding the adj ustin g-board within the knife-frame, and also slotting the ends of the knife to adjust the same within said frame.

The accompanying drawings are made a part of my specification, in which like letters of reference in the different figures designate like parts.

Figurel is aslightly-oblique view of the front of the meat-cutter. Fig. 11 is a front view of the knife-frame.

A represents the frame,which may be varied in construction, the essential features being a groove above and below to support the knifeframe, and a table with a backing to support the meat during the process of cutting.

B represents the knife frame, which is adapted to move freely within the aforesaid grooves of the frame A. Atthe front end is a suitable handle to be grasped by the hand durin g the process of cutting. Near the middle is attached the knife 0 in diagonal position. The attachment is made by screws Gr, which enter through horizontal slots Hin both ends of the knife. The lengthened slots in the knife serve to adjust the position of the edge of the knife to the adjusting-board, narrowing or widening the space, as circumstances may require. To eifect this adjustment the screws are very slightly withdrawn, the knife placed in position, and the screws tightened.

The adjusting-board D occupies the space behind the knife, and its lower parthas tongues resting in grooves F Fin the lower part of the frame. These grooves admit of a lateral movement, which is adjusted to the thickness of slice it is desirable to cut, and is then secured in position by the thumb-screw E,which is held by a thread within the end of the frame. Experience has shown that the space between the edge of the knife and the edge of the adj ustingboard should vary as the thickness of the slice increases or diminishes, and this adjustment is eifected bythe slots in the knife, as before described.

The operation may be thus described: Place the meat on the table, pressing it against the back and the adjusting-board, the adjustment being made as desirable; then by a forward thrust ofthe knife-frame a slice of meat is separated. By this means the slicing is done with a uniformity and ease surpassing the usual process.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The knife-frame B and knife 0, having adjusting-screws G and slots H, in combination with the adjusting-board D, with its bindingscrew E, said board being supported in grooves F at base of said frame, substantially as set forth.

JOHANN H. E. SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

L. D. J ONES, J NO. W. SNARELY. 

